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Canadian Government Threatens To Punish Steel Maker Over Tariff Layoffs The fundamental nature of socialist economics is to use governments to rig markets in favor of certain groups and outcomes.  Canada has been exploiting this dynamic for decades (along with their proximity to the largest consumer market in the world), in order to secure optimal benefit for their GDP and their liberal leadership.  US tariffs, love them or hate them, are one of the few mechanisms available to level the playing field against countries (and corporations) that abuse global trade.  Rather...

Heavily Shorted Wendy's Soars After New CFO, Reddit Traders Pile In To Save Burger Chain Heavily shorted Wendy's shares jumped as much as 22% in premarket trading on Wednesday, as a management shakeup and a surge of WallStreetBets activity around the struggling fast-food chain appeared to trigger a retail-driven squeeze. The stock surge followed Wendy's appointment of former Potbelly CFO Steve Cirulis as CFO and chief strategy officer, as part of new CEO Robert Wright's turnaround effort for the fast-food chain, after shares had sunk 25% as of Tuesday's close. Before joining...

Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million In Federal Grants Tied To 'Intersectionality' Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The federal government has awarded about $230 million to programs referencing "intersectionality," with much of the funding originating during the Biden administration, according to a new report from two policy groups. The Defense of Freedom Institute and Legal Insurrection Foundation identified 249 federal assistance records that used the term "intersectionality," an ideological framework that examines race, sex, class and other characteristics in assessing discrimination and privilege. According to the report, about $140 million has...